Thursday, November 29, 2012

Fa, la,la,la,laaa

It seems to always sneak up on you. We all know the sound
of Christmas when we hear “SilverBells” harrassing you in the grocery store as
you pick out your Thanksgiving Day turkey! The tree, shopping for presents, and
spending time with your family all feels like the holidays, but the music
resonating from the gas stations and your car radio sets the mood. Most of the
time, I listen to a song to reflect my current mood and it’s the holidays so
what the heck, lets "Jingle All the Way" into the New Year.

I bought a tree last night and it was the first in
two years. The smell of that Fraser Pine was all the Christmas songs, hot
chocolate and wrapping paper infused into the scent of this tree. I smelled
Christmas, and since we know the classic songs sung by Perry Como and NatKing Cole (Grocery store Christmas tunes), I found some Christmas Ballads
with as fresh of a sound as the tree.

We don’t have to let the oldies (but goodies) define
the sound of Christmas. I got really excited when I found The Knife’s – “ChristmasReindeer”.I started listening to
The Knife a few years ago when I heard this electro-pop brother and sister from
Sweden. They have a dark, ambient sound that is exaggerated from their accents.

The next frost bitten indie artist who decided to
inspire the needy is Passion Pit with the song, “All These Trees”.They have a really great song (unrelated to
Christmas) titled, “Sleepyhead” that I have on my shuffle list. This American
indie rock band incorporates synthesized beats for their electro-dance style
music. The five members were schooled in rock while they all attended college
for music allowing them to create greatness with a learned structure.

The band, LCD Soundsystemproduced the song “Christmas Blue”.The
band broke up but not before they created this electronic Christmas song for
the world to get jolly.

Whether you are having a holiday gathering or
picking up friends and family from the airport, give their ears a break from
the tired, old Yuletide Carols and throw in a new tune.

2 comments:

I love that you incorporated Christmas songs into your blog. Every year I'm looking for new Christmas tunes. Just recently I discovered Passion Pit, and have become a avid listener, so I can't wait to hear that one. My Pandora playlist has been set to the Reggae Christmas channel, you should try it out! Happy Holidays :)